How we protect you and your art.
Your email stays private
Artist login emails are never shown on the website, in profiles or in the page source.
When a collector sends a message, it goes privately to the artist's Studio and an email alert goes to the artist. Only that artist can read the collector's details.
Protecting your artwork
Every new upload is watermarked with © the artist's name · artistgallery.
Right-click saving and dragging of images is blocked across the gallery.
Original photos are kept in private storage, and every painting is reviewed before it goes live.
Artists keep their copyright
Artists keep 100% of the copyright in their work. Uploading to artistgallery doesn't give us ownership or any right to sell or license it.
We only display the artwork on this website so collectors can see it and contact the artist.
Removing your artwork or account
Artists can delete any of their paintings from their Studio at any time, and it is removed from the website straight away.
To close your account and remove your profile completely, use the Contact page and we'll delete it for you.
File safety checks
Every photo an artist uploads is checked byte by byte before it is accepted. We confirm it is a genuine JPEG, PNG, WebP or GIF picture and block programs, zip files and pictures with hidden code or scripts inside.
Accepted photos are then redrawn as a brand-new clean image and watermarked, so only the picture itself is stored. Every painting is also reviewed by hand before it appears on the site, and the whole site runs over a secure encrypted (HTTPS) connection.
Spam protection
Messages to artists are limited per sender to stop spam reaching artists' inboxes.
Accounts and sign-in
You can sign in with email and password or with Google. We only use this to log you in and link you to your Studio.
Payments
Donations and Spotlight memberships are handled by our secure payment provider inside the site. We never see or store your card details.
Visitor statistics
We use Lovable's built-in analytics to see how the site is used. It uses no cookies, stores nothing on your device, doesn't keep IP addresses and doesn't identify visitors.
It records pages visited, where visitors came from, country, browser, operating system and device type, time on site, page speed, errors and which buttons and links are clicked. Detailed data is kept for 90 days and daily summaries for a year. This is recorded for every visitor.
Lovable collects this data for us. Lovable's privacy policy (lovable.dev/privacy) explains how it handles it.
Stored in your browser
Your login session and the paintings you've liked are saved in your own browser so likes count once. Embedded TikTok or Instagram videos on artist profiles are provided by those services.
No ads, no selling
We show no adverts and never sell or share your information with advertisers.